The VBScript Network and Systems Administrator's Cafe:

Development


April 7, 2008  5:19 PM

Rant: Anyone else dislike those “enter the letters you see below” confirmation pages?



Posted by: Jerry Lees
CAPTCHA, Security

Ok, you guys know I try to at least stay on topic with respect to systems administration... but this time, as a systems administrator, I have to just share my complete frustration with a technology in use these days entirely to much, in my opinion. That technology is the use of the automated...

April 6, 2008  12:17 AM

Variable types in VBscript and their upper and lower limits



Posted by: Jerry Lees
Development, Variable Types, VBScript

I just realized that the direction I'm headed with this blog (atleast a few posts from now) requires that I give you some more background information beyond what I've already done.  Previously, I've talked about variables and given you a few types in passing-- but never detailed the different...


April 2, 2008  2:49 PM

Using Vbscript to gather server performance counter data with WMI



Posted by: Jerry Lees
Development, Functions, VBScript

In my last entry I shared with you how to use WMI in Vbscript to reboot a server from a scheduled job (either locally or remotely) and I hinted at a...


March 27, 2008  3:03 PM

Rebooting or Shuttingdown a Server Remotely with VBScript



Posted by: Jerry Lees
Development, Functions, Subroutines, VBScript

In this installment I'd like to share with you a scriplet I developed out of frustration with not having found this information anywhere else.  On occasion you need to reboot a server, sure you can do it by logging in or by the shutdown command on windows XP. Heck you can even do it with the...


March 21, 2008  5:39 PM

Explanation: Using Microsoft.XMLDOM to work with data feeds in VBScript



Posted by: Jerry Lees
360voice, DataManagement, Development, Microsoft.XMLDOM, VBScript, XML

You may recall we recently worked with a cool little script that itself didn't have anything to do with systems administration, the 360voice API...

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March 20, 2008  6:26 PM

Explanation: Working with Subroutines and Functions in VBScript



Posted by: Jerry Lees
DataManagement, Development, Functions, Subroutines, VBScript

I just realized in my haste to get out a piece of code celebrating the XBOX 360 contest, I negected to give a proper answer for our discussion on subroutines and functions in a vbscript. In this installment, we'll explain how to build a function and a subroutine a bit better. First, remember...


March 14, 2008  5:57 PM

Using XML in vbscript via Microsoft.XMLDOM to work with data feeds



Posted by: Jerry Lees
360voice, DataManagement, Microsoft.XMLDOM, VBScript, XML

In this installment I wanted to both celebrate and congratulate the winners of the ITKE Challenge that has been running over the last few months for an XBOX 360 ELITE system, among other prizes. I also wanted to write about XML use in vbscript as well so...


March 12, 2008  5:38 PM

Use of option explicit and the DIM statement in VBSCRIPT.



Posted by: Jerry Lees
Development, Error control, Variable Types, VBScript, VBScript Statements

As an answer to the extra credit portion of my posting a few days ago: DIM in a script declares a variable to be used. It just simply creates the variable, nothing more. By default, vbscript will create variables on the fly for you as you use them...


March 10, 2008  3:33 PM

Working with Subroutines and Functions in VBScript



Posted by: Jerry Lees
Development, Functions, Subroutines, VBScript

In this installment, we'll discuss the advantages of using Subroutines and Functions in your script rather than using a all-in-one script that runs from start to finish. I'll only give a breif over veiw of subroutines and function, but more information on them can be found in the 


March 4, 2008  1:57 AM

Determining properties and methods used in a WMI object for use in a vbscript.



Posted by: Jerry Lees
DataCenter, Development, VBScript, Windows Management Interface, WMI

In this entry we'll take a look at the microsoft documentation for win32_printerdriver and determine how we can determine what values to use to get data once we've created a script to get set of data back from a WMI object...